Happily Ever After Mitts

a free design by Susan B. Anderson

sweet yarns for real life

www.spudandchloe.com

Gauge: 7 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch Note: You can easily make these longer or shorter to suit your needs and you can try them on as you go to help figure out the length thats best for you. Materials: Scissors Yarn needle Right and left mitts are made exactly the same! Pattern: With Shitake cast and starting at the arm end of the mitt, cast on 54 stitches, placing 18 stitches on each of 3 doublepointed needles. Join to work in the round being careful not to twist the stitches. Place a stitch marker on the first stitch. Edging stripe: Rnds 1-4: (k2, p1) repeat to the end of the round Rnds 5-8: knit Arm stripes: Switch to Dachshund, leaving Shitake attached. Rnds 1-4: knit At this point wrap Shitake around the working strand of Dachshund to carry up as you work. Continue to do this in order to carry the yarn on the Shitake/Dachshund stripes for the color not being used at that time. Rnds 5-8: knit Switch to Shitake. Rnds 9-16: knit Repeat the Dachshund and Shitake stripes until you have 8 stripes total (see photo) including the edging stripe. This section is the place to shorten or add length if so desired. One color mitts only: After the edging stripe or rounds 18, knit every round until the arm measures 7.5 inches from the cast on edge. Colorful stripes: Note: For the following colorful stripes cut the ends as you change colors to weave in later.

Size: To fit an average older child to womans hands/arms Measurements: 13.5 inches in length, 7.7 inches in circumference Yarn: Spud & Chlo Fine (80% superwash wool, 20% silk; 248 yards/65 grams), 1 skein each in Shitake #7814, Dachshunk #7803, Popcorn #7800, Tutu #7807, Sassafras #7808, Cricket #7804 and Calypso #7806 OR 1 skein of Fine will make a complete pair of mitts in one color! OR 2 skeins of Fine in two shades to stripe will make 2 pairs of mitts! Needles: US size 3 doublepointed needles OR size to obtain gauge

2012 This pattern is copyrighted material and under the copyright laws of the United States. You may use this pattern for your own personal use or enjoyment, but may not edit, publish, copy or commercially exploit this pattern in any way. Spud and Chlo and the Spud and Chlo characters are trademarks and copyrights of Blue Sky Alpacas, Inc. 013012

Happily Ever After Mitts

a free design by Susan B. Anderson

sweet yarns for real life

www.spudandchloe.com/blog

After 8 stripes have been completed knit 8 rounds each in the following colors: Calypso Cricket Sassafras One color mitts only: Continue knitting every round until the mitt measures 10 inches from the cast on edge. Thumbhole rounds: Switch to Tutu. Instead of continuing in the round you are now going to work back and forth in rows on the dpns. Turn the mitt to purl the next row. Row 1: purl Row 2: knit Repeat rows 1 and 2 three more times (8 rows total) Switch to Popcorn. Repeat rows 1 and 2 three times (6 rows total) Join to work in the round again. Work 2 more rounds in Popcorn. One color mitts only: Work back and forth in stockinette stitch for 1 inches for the thumbhole. Join to work in the round again. Work 2 rounds and continue on for the hand edging as written. Hand edging: Switch to Shitake. Rnds 1-4: knit Rnds 5-8: (k2, p1) repeat to the end of the round. Bind off in the rib pattern. Cut the yarn and pull the end through the remaining stitch. Weave in all ends to the inside. Block as desired. I simply steamed until damp and dried flat.

2012 This pattern is copyrighted material and under the copyright laws of the United States. You may use this pattern for your own personal use or enjoyment, but may not edit, publish, copy or commercially exploit this pattern in any way. Spud and Chlo and the Spud and Chlo characters are trademarks and copyrights of Blue Sky Alpacas, Inc. 013012